Improvement in combined table, sideboard, and safe



E. ROSENTH'AL. I COMBINED TABLE, SIDE-BOARD AND SAFE No.188,4.-15.Patented. March 13, 1877.

WITNESSES I INVENTOR ATTORNEY N. PETERS. PHo'ro-LHHmmPnER,'wAmNGwN a cELIAS.

PATENIDE re IMPROVEMENT IN COMBINED TABLE, SIDEBOARD AND SAFE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 188,415, dated March13, 1877; application filed February 21, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIAS ROSENTHAL, of Baltimore, in the county ofBaltimore and State of Maryland, have invented a new and valuableImprovementin Combined Table, Sideboard, and Safe; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe construction and operation of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a representation of a front elevation of myinvention, showing the sideboard up and the top folded. Fig. 2 is an endview thereof; and Fig. 3 is a rear view of the same, showing thetable-top unfolded, the sideboard thrown back, and the shelf andbrackets swung in upon the said board.

This invention has relation to improvements in combined tables,sideboards, and safes.

The object of my invention is to devise an article of furniture whichwill be convertible at pleasure from a sideboardor safe into a table,and which-shall possess the useful qualities of each of the saidarticles.

The nature of my invention will be fully understood from the followingdescription.

In the annexed drawings, the letter A designates the body of a safe orsideboard, which may be on rollers, having the usual divisions andfolding doors. This safe will have the usual false top a, provided at ornear one end with a'longitudinal slot, 1;, through which a headed bolt,0, passes into the real top B. This top is composed of two or moresections, '5 i 1?, hinged together by link-connections c, which willallow the said sections to be folded, the one upon the other, with theedges thereof flush with each other. The sections are of the same, ornearly the same, width as the false top a, and of a length such "as toform a projecting edge, e.

0 represents a top board, connected with the safe-body A by means ofhinges f, and

sustained in an upright position by means of a turn-button, 9. Board Cis provided with a shelf, D, and two or more supporting-brackets, E,both of which are hinged to the board,

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1. The hinged top board 0, having the and are capable of vibratinginward upon the same. In this position, the button g being properlyturned, the board 0, with all its attachments, may be swung downwardbehind the body of the safe, out of the way,

and in such a position that the safe may be thrust close against thewall. By this means, also, the fragile sideboard-top is reduced to acompact form, which admits of close storage during transportation, anddoes away with all danger of breakage.

By reversing the movements above set forth the safe will be convertedinto a handsomesideboard or buffet. The safe is converted into aserviceable table by giving the top B endwise movement until bolt 0strikes the outer end of the slot b, then turning it at right angles toits former position, and unfolding thesections M 7?, The false top inthis,position breaks joints with the said sections, and affords themadequate support;

but the outer sectionswill be prevented fromsagging by means of anextensible slide, 1,

at one or both ends, or a drawer, Z, at one end and a slide at theother. I

The top, unfolded as above described, will be prevented from turning,with bolt 0 as a pivot, by means of a catch, F, arranged at one or bothends of the safe-body, and adapted to engage in a seat or recess formedin the lower section i. This catch will serve the same purpose when thetop is folded up,

hinged shaft D, and brackets E, in combination with a safe or cupboardhaving a sectional unfolding endwise movable and vibrating top B,substantially as specified.

2. In combination with the false top a, having longitudinal slots 1),the sections 6 t a? of a tabletop, connected together by the link-jointhinges 0, the lower one of said sections being provided with the headedpin 0, adapted to slide in the slots b, substantially as specified. I

3. The combination. of the sectional folding table-top with a safe orsideboard body, and the board 0, adapted to be swung back out of the waybehind the body, or up into position to form the board, substantially asspecified.

4. A sideboard provided with the hinged vei'ticallyvibrating board 0,having the hinged'shelf or shelves D, and the hinged brackets E,connected with the sideboard-body A, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I-have hereunto subscribed mynain'efin the presence of two witnesses. l

ELIAS ROSENTHAL. Witnesses:

WALTER O. MASI,

HOWARD ZEVELY. r

